BLM 5% buff isn't enough

[Turtledeluxe]

To all the fellas saying "but its only like a 2% difference" you are missing the point.

Black Mage with zero native utility other than Addle performs for less than Pictomancer which has a group-wide damage buff, a group-wide shield on a 90s CD and an AOE heal during burst. It is also significantly more difficult / punishing to play than Pictomancer.

Completely ignoring the melees, Black Mage is being grossly outperformed in every category in its own role (Caster). It doesnt matter if its 2%, 5% or 1% - it is less than the non-raise utility caster.

Not sure why people find this confusing. BLM was doing crazy DPS in EW after buffs. I remember distinctly arguing for the buffs and people told me me no, that it would destroy the game. Yet as we saw, BLM usage barely increased and SMN still pretty much dominated (at the time). People will not flock to BLM based on DpS. But the will flock to an easier job as long as it does enough DPS to clear, and bonus points for utility/res.